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Arab man guilty of rape after consensual sex with Jew
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There was deception, sure, but the word "rape" shouldn't come into this at all.
Does this mean that someone who lies about their job, salary, social status, or how well-endowed they are can be found guilty of rape? Ridiculous.
Israel has a number of race-related laws and attitudes that are every bit as repugnant and abominable as those of Apartheid South Africa.
Everyone lies, if you can't be sure they're telling the truth (about their religion, contraception, fertility, whatever) then don't fucking have sex. Not so hard is it?
No doubt about that at all.
Is there any level of deceit which would render consent to sex null and void? Or is it the case that no matter what I find out later, if I consented at the time of the act then that consent is valid?
It's interesting. Because I definitely think if you lie about all aspects of your identity, claim to be all sorts of things that you aren't, to have sex with someone, then that shouldn't be classed as rape. But if you pretend to be a specific other person, then I think that should be rape. But in reality, the differences between the two cases aren't that great.
From what I've heard in Israel, yes and at least one other person has been found guilty of doing so.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/jurists-say-arab-s-rape-conviction-sets-dangerous-precedent-1.303109
Now personally it seems a stupid law, but the story may not be as clear cut as the Guardian presents, given that the prosecution is based on legal precedent
That type of deceitful sex is illegal in the UK.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/ukpga_20030042_en_1